BOOST: Angel Di Maria is expected to be fit for Man Utd's showdown with Arsenal [GETTY]

The pair both picked up knocks on international duty with De Gea dislocating a finger and Di Maria sustaining a leg injury playing for Argentina against Portugal at Old Trafford.

But van Gaal confirmed: “He (Di Maria) has trained today normally so I don’t think that’s a question mark. David de Gea is good, no problem.”

Michael Carrick will also be in the squad as United look to enhance a remarkable record against Arsenal of having lost just once in 14 games against the Gunners provided he shows no late reaction to the calf problem that forced him to pull out of his planned England comeback.

“Di Maria has trained today normally so I don’t think that’s a question mark. David de Gea is good, no problem”

Louis van Gaal

However, Luke Shaw looks set to miss out with the calf strain he picked up in England’s 3-1 win over Scotland.

United are also without Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Ashley Young.

Meanwhile, United are optimistic that Dutch international Daley Blind will not be out for the rest of the season with the knee injury he sustained in the Netherlands’ 6-0 win over Latvia.

Van Gaal said: "Blind has a brace on his knee. He will have 10 days’ rest and then we will make another scan and we can say more about.

“It's not so bad as the doctor feared after the match, but it shall be a long story, I believe. It's not six months or so, or something like that.”